Georgia’s new premier said on Wednesday his government would stick to the ex-Soviet republic’s pro-Western course but also try to mend relations with Russia, Tbilisi’s old Soviet master and adversary in a five-day war in 2008.Parliament confirmed Irakly Garibashvili and his cabinet by a vote of 93-19, completing a political transition that has ended almost a decade of dominance by former president Mikheil Saakashvili, who avidly sought integration with the West, Reuters informs.
